Windies undermined by Tahir, de Villiers as Proteas win

Imran Tahir

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – West Indies were floored by a combination of Imran Tahir’s clever leg-spin, and A.B. de Villiers’ 10th One-day International hundred that condemned them to a seven-wicket defeat in their World Cup opener yesterday.

Darren Bravo led the way in the batting with 73, but Tahir snared four wickets for 41 runs from 10 overs, as West Indies were dismissed for 222 in 47.3 overs, after they were sent in to bat in their Group-B match at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.

The Caribbean side then claimed opener Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis cheaply before de Villiers smote eight fours and two sixes in an